A year after the Joplin tornado disaster Washington Post (blog) By Ian Livingston A medevac helicopter lies in ruins beside St. John's Regional Medical Center following a direct hit by an EF-5 tornado on Joplin, Missouri May 22, 2011 (AP/Mark Schiefelbein) One year ago tomorrow, Joplin, Missouri was impacted by a ...
Coast Guard medevacs crewman from New Bedford fishing vessel east of Cape Cod DVIDS "Originally it wasn't recommended to medevac the crewman because his injuries didn't seem to be severe, said Petty Officer 1st Class Jacob Page, the operations unit controller for the 1st Coast Guard District. "However, when the man's condition began ...